Poland

Ease of Doing Business in

Poland

This page shows summary Doing Business 2012 data for Poland. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 183 economies) and the rankings by each topic. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 38,177,910
GNI Per Capita (US$) 12,420.00
Doing Business 2012 Rank Doing Business 2011 Rank Change in Rank
62 59 down -3
Topic Rankings DB 2012 Rank DB 2011 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 126 115 up -11
Dealing with Construction Permits 160 159 up -1
Getting Electricity 64 64 No change
Registering Property 89 87 up -2
Getting Credit 8 8 No change
Protecting Investors 46 44 up -2
Paying Taxes 128 128 No change
Trading Across Borders 46 36 up -10
Enforcing Contracts 68 69 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 87 74 up -13

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Starting a Business

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2012 Rank 126 DB 2011 Rank 115 Change in Rank down-11
Indicator Poland OECD high income OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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Procedures (number)
6 -- 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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Time (days)
32 -- 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
17.3 -- 4.7

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
14.0 -- 14.1
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Notarize company agreement 1 day notarial fee is (PLN 1,010 + 0.4% of the amount of share capital over PLN 60,000) +23%VAT; additionally 0.5% civil law transactions tax is levied on the amount of share capital less the amount of notarial fees and court fees charged for registration of the company.
2 Deposit paid-in capital at the bank 1 day no charge
3 File at National Court Register for company registration, REGON, NIP, Statistical Office and ZUS 4 weeks PLN 1,500
* 4 Register for VAT 1 day, (simultaneous with procedure 3) PLN 170
5 Register the company at the National Sanitary Inspection 1 day no charge
6 Register the company at the National Work Inspection 1 day no charge
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

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